Organised Sound
November 30, 2020
J. Wu
This article narrates my practice-based research in embodied sonic meditation, as a Digital Musical Instrument (DMI) designer, a vocalist, a composer, a media artist and a long-term meditation practitioner. I define the concept of ‘embodied sonic meditation’ in the context of electroacoustic sound art with the augmentation by music technology and human-centred design. I historically connect...
Frontiers in Medicine
November 30, 2020
Marcelo Vasconcelos Mapurunga, Solange Andreoni, Daniela Rodrigues de Oliveira et al.
Introduction: Population aging is a global phenomenon that has grown rapidly and progressively all over the world. Interventions that promote health must be studied and implemented to make the aging process be with quality of life. Depression and anxiety are the most common mental health conditions that compromise the quality of life on the elderly and it can cause damage to the autonomy and...
Mindfulness
November 30, 2020
Karin Matko, Ulrich Ott, Peter Sedlmeier
Meditation is an umbrella term for a vast range of contemplative practices. Former proposals have struggled to do justice to this variety. To our knowledge, there is to date no comprehensive overview of meditation techniques spanning all major traditions. The present studies aimed at providing such a comprehensive list of meditation techniques. In a qualitative study, we compiled a collection...
Nursing Open
November 27, 2020
Minkyu Sung, Na-Hyun Ha, Ul Soon Lee et al.
5 citations
AIM: We aimed to reveal the relationship of meditation with emotional intelligence (EI), sleep quality and melatonin level. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. METHODS: Our current research was performed on middle-aged women. EI scale, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and night-time saliva melatonin were measured for 65 participants including 33 meditators and 32 controls. RESULTS: The...
International Journal of Medicine and Public Health
November 27, 2020
Shweta Sharma, Khushbu Jain, Ajay Kumar Sharma et al.
3 citations
Background: Responses to perceived-stress trigger toxic emotions of anger.Uncontrolled anger outburst enhances aggressiveness, disrupts personal relationships and social harmony; impairing quality of life.Development of cost-effective preventive strategies to reduce levels of stress, anger and violence is vital for public health.Objectives: To (i) quantitatively investigate relationships...
JMIR Mental Health
November 27, 2020
Simon B. Goldberg, Ted Imhoff‐Smith, Daniel M. Bolt et al.
104 citations
BACKGROUND: A growing number of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) suggest psychological benefits associated with meditation training delivered via mobile health. However, research in this area has primarily focused on mindfulness, only one of many meditative techniques. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of 2 versions of a self-guided, smartphone-based meditation app-the...
International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems
November 26, 2020
Laxmi Shaw, Aurobinda Routray
This paper presents a case study to detect the state of consciousness in meditation research. Specifically in this study, 23 long-term Kriya Yoga (KY) practitioners have participated. The microstate is one of the ways to detect Spatiotemporal activity of brain dynamics in specific cognitive traits using Global Field Potential (GFP). This investigation shows the recognition of short periods...
Psychology, Health & Medicine
November 26, 2020
Juhong Pei, Tong Ma, Rui-Lin Nan et al.
ABSTRACT Chronic pain is a significant public health problem with emotional and disabling factors, which may not completely respond to current medical treatments such as opioids. The systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to examine the effectiveness and safety of MBCT for patients with chronic pain. Database searches of PubMed, Medline, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, PsycINFO, Web of...
Explore
November 24, 2020
Arnaud Delorme, Romain Grandchamp, J. Curot et al.
Meditation has been deemed a miracle cure for a wide range of neurological disorders. However, it is unclear whether meditation practice would be beneficial for patients suffering from epilepsy. Here we report on the comparison of the effects of focused-attention meditation and a control task on electroencephalographic (EEG) activity in a patient undergoing stereoencephalographic (SEEG)...
Nepal Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
November 23, 2020
Tej Bahadur Karki, Kalpana Khadka
Suicide is a social phenomenon and is mainly caused by mental disorder which may be attributed to by genetic, neurotic, and environmental constructs. A total of 5,124 people had committed suicide in the fiscal year 2016/17.The number rose to 5,317 in 2017/18 and to 5,785 in 2018/19. Various social and biological factors have significant roles to create the suicidal thought in depressed people....